Posted on 04/25/2015 6:00:50 PM PDT by Colofornian
Chapter 38: Eternal Marriage
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Eternal Marriage Is Essential for Exaltation
• What is the Lord’s doctrine of marriage, and how does it differ from the views of the world?
Many people in the world consider marriage to be only a social custom, a legal agreement between a man and a woman to live together. But to Latter-day Saints, marriage is much more. Our exaltation depends on marriage...
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Heavenly Father has given us the law of eternal marriage so we can become like Him. The Lord has said:
“In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees;
“And in order to obtain the highest, a man must enter into this order of the priesthood [meaning the new and everlasting covenant of marriage];
“And if he does not, he cannot obtain it” (D&C 131:1–3).
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Matthew 23:4
They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
"Mark 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. "
"Luke 20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: "
Haven’t read this yet, but Jews believe you’re created with a bashert, a soul mate, like Adam & Eve. I’ve been reflecting on this, &, in order to achieve enlightenment, you have to realize your oneness with all existence. A bashert is a way to personally realize it.
Someone’s been hitting the kool-aid. Jesus has this to say about marriage, and didn’t say anything about earthly marriages between men and women being eternal:
Sounds like...
...(a) many Hindu gurus
...(b) New Age thought
...(c) Pantheism
...(d) All of the above
(d) is the correct answer
Indeed.
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